Thanks to Waydroid, qwerty12356-wart and the open-source community in general, you can now play Blue Archive on Fedora Atomic. This guide will show you how to install Waydroid, install and patch libhoudini, and install Blue Archive.

Installing Waydroid

  1. Install Waydroid
sudo rpm-ostree install waydroid
  1. Reboot the system
systemctl reboot
  1. Start Waydroid
sudo systemctl enable --now waydroid-container
  1. Launch Waydroid via the application launcher, and then input the following values:
  1. Ensure to select Gapps and then click on the “Install” button

Google Play Certification

  1. Launch Waydroid shell
sudo waydroid shell
  1. Get the Android ID, and then copy it
ANDROID_RUNTIME_ROOT=/apex/com.android.runtime ANDROID_DATA=/data ANDROID_TZDATA_ROOT=/apex/com.android.tzdata ANDROID_I18N_ROOT=/apex/com.android.i18n sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.gsf/databases/gservices.db "select * from main where name = \"android_id\";"

  1. Open the following link, and then paste the Android ID:
    https://www.google.com/android/uncertified/

  2. Wait a few minutes, and then restart Waydroid

sudo systemctl restart waydroid-container

Installing Libhoudini

  1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script
  1. Change directory to the cloned repository
cd waydroid_script
  1. Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
  1. Install the required packages
venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Install libhoudini
sudo venv/bin/python3 main.py install libhoudini

Patching libhodini

  1. Install vim-common (xxd is required by the script)
sudo rpm-ostree install vim-common
  1. Reboot the system
systemctl reboot
  1. Download qwerty12356-wart script
curl -L https://github.com/user-attachments/files/15800844/scripton.txt -o scripton.sh

Warning: Be cautious when downloading and executing scripts from the internet. Ensure you trust the source and understand the script’s functionality to avoid security risks.

  1. Give the script permission to execute
sudo chmod +x scripton.sh
  1. Run the script as root
sudo ./scripton.sh

Warning: Running scripts with root privileges can be dangerous if the script’s content is malicious or if it has not been thoroughly reviewed. Proceed with caution.

Installing Blue Archive

If you cannot install Blue Archive from the Google Play Store, you can download the APK from APKPure. Make sure to use the Browser application that comes with Waydroid to download the APK. Once the APK is downloaded, you can install it by clicking on the APK file in the Downloads folder.

Conclusion

You should now be able to launch and play Blue Archive on Fedora Atomic using Waydroid. If you encounter any issues, please let me know.

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